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Funding Workshop for SRAC & ST
SPRING 2012

2. What grant should you apply for?
SRAC or
ST or
GRD

3. Student Research Allocations Committee
SRAC
• Development and dissemination of research
including travel for research related purposes
• Research related to completion of degree or
field of study
• Conference at which you ARE PRESENTING

4. Specialized Travel
ST
• Travel expenses that further the
professional and career development of
students
• Travel for clinicals, mock trials, classes,
workshops, interviews, or auditions
• Conferences you ARE NOT
PRESENTING

5. Guidelines & Rules
• One application per semester for each grant
• One event or activity in the next, current or
previous funding period
• $500 per year
• Must claim within ninety (90) days
• Must appeal within three (3) weeks

6. Tips & Tricks
for a
Successful Application

7. Application Requirements
• ALL APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE
ONLY
• Application
– ANONYMOUS budget
– ANONYMOUS proposal
– ANONYMOUS letter of recommendation
• Read bylaws
• DEADLINE February 17th @ 5pm

8. gpsa.unm.edu

9. Know your audience
• General academic audience
• Made up of graduate and professional student
peers
• Readers will NOT be from your department
• One reader from your perspective, one reader
from outside your perspective, and one reader
will be randomly assigned

10. Know your Perspectives
Quantitative
Methodologically and/or theoretically based in measurable, numerical, and/or empirical information, data, and/or
phenomena
Qualitative
Methodologically and/or theoretically based in describing and investigating phenomena via various methods. It is
context-specific and fundamentally interpretive
Critical
Theoretically based in interrogating and contesting power dynamics. It is often invested in researching and
accounting for histories and enduring practices of oppression and resistance
Creative
Engages in performative and/or artistic processes and/or products
Applied
Implies the acquisition and/or development of professional or vocational skills

11. Write to the Score Sheet
• Download the score sheet for your grant
• Technical Merit
• Proposal
• Benefits to applicant , department, UNM
• Budget

13. Writing the Proposal
• Be as specific as possible, poor
applications suffer from being too vague
• Avoid jargon and define all terms
• Free of grammatical and spelling errors
• Organized format

14. Sample Proposal Example
• Introduction: “I am a graduate student seeking
funding for my dissertation research.”
• Paint a better picture of who you are and why you
seek funding: “In my current studies as a second year
doctoral student in the department of history I have
been researching homosexual oppression in the
United States with the intent to publish a scholarly
article.”y current studies as a doctoral student in the
history department I have been researching the history of
homosexual oppression in American society with the intent
to publish a scholarly article.

15. Sample Proposal Example
• Benefit Section
“I will be able to network with professionals in
my field at the conference.”
• Instead give specific details:
“I will be networking with Dr. Patrick Ettinger
from New York University whose research on
the U.S. Mexico Border intersects with my
dissertation chapter on reforms to U.S. federal
immigration policy.”

16. Revise and Review
• Advisor
• Peer in department
• Peer outside department
• Peer who received a grant
• Graduate Resource
Center (GRC)

17. $$The Budget$$
• Include the entire budget for the project,
even if it exceeds $500.
• You will not be evaluated on the amount
requested however, make sure your budget
is economical
• Demonstrate that you have researched your
budget
– List specific hotels, airlines, etc.

18. Getting Funded
• Score Normalization
– (Raw Score*Group Average)/Reader Average= Normalized Score
• Re-Reads
• Funding Procedures
Spring 2009 Spring 2010 Spring 2011
51/118 SRAC 41/113 SRAC 51/118 SRAC
17/23 ST 18/28 ST 17/23 ST

19. Questions?
Need additional help?

20. Contact GPSA
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GPSA Office Student Union Building 1021
(505) 277-3803
unmgpsagrants@gmail.com